Promotion to Private First Class

This promotion is a very special promotion, because rarely are enlisted soldiers (Private through Sergeant Major of the Army) promoted by a Colonel (yes colonel, not lieutenant colonel).

The private promoted is PFC York. This is her first duty station. She is on the Army Okinawa 10 miler team, works the S-2 shop, and a very outstanding soldier. Which makes it all the better for her to be promoted by Colonel Woodard, Torii Station post commander and the highest ranking Army Okinawa officer.

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• Okinawa
• Torii
• Station
• Promotion
• PFC
• Private
• First
• Class

[angelcedeno11b]

how cani get stationed here?

[1987bamf]

Units that are nondeployable (like here in Japan) are only filled to 70% of the target. So, it's highly unlikely you'll get here unless you know someone who has access to EDAS and can see a requisition we need. Basically, we have FEW slots and branch probably won't fill them.

Sorry, but I had the hook-up from a CW3 when I was at Ft. Jackson in 2008.

[GyaciMan]

I got PFC from JROTC

[guitarhamster102]

I start out as PFC because of college credits XD

And how can I get stationed in Okinawa? I thought there's only a Marine base there.

[SoldierCyfix]

You can qualify for PFC upon entering the army if you have at least 50 college units

[kinggt202]

I start as a PFC because of ROTC in high school,

[rockymountainsunrise]

isnt promotion to pfc automatic after a few months as long as you dont get court-martialed first?

[blade990]

Just enlisted to get Torii station, Our First Bat had a opening. Gonna be nice to get out of Washington an onto a a island again

[iloveyien]

doesnt matter what asian language you have if you want to go to torii they'll send you to torii. 1st group goes to more than half of all the asian countries out here.

[1987bamf]

Yeah, but if you get Korean why would they send you to Japan? One of the buddies got picked up for SF with Korean and they're shipping him out of Torii.

[iloveyien]

yeh you would but you have the option of going to torii if you get an asian language